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IUP community cleans, helps in day of service

(Eberly College of Business Twitter) (American Marketing Association) Students and IUP organizations got out into the sunshine this weekend to participate in Into the Streets, a day of community service to get students involved in and help beautify the Indiana community. More than 110 students volunteered to help nine agencies, including Burrell Township Library; Downtown Indiana, cleanup of IRMC Park; Evergreen Conservancy, cleanup and signs at Tanoma wetlands; Indiana Community Garden, cleanup and preparing the beds; Indiana Garden Club, cleanup of gardens at East Pike intersection and S&T Arena beds; Indiana Food Co-op; Indiana County Humane Society, cleanup; Indiana Players, cleanup; Special Olympics Equestrian Team; YMCA, cleanup at YMCA and at Mack Park; and Zion Lutheran Church seedling project.

ROTC plans for formal military ball, hosting Colonel alumnus as guest speaker

By CATHRYN PILCH Contributing Writer C.M.Pilch@iup.edu

Graduation is approaching, but it is not the only event at IUP that will honor seniors for their hard work and dedication.

ROTC will host its dining-out, a formal military ball, at 5 p.m. Friday at the Indiana Country Club.

“It is an evening to recognize the accomplishments of the seniors, a mix of military tradition while rewarding and acknowledging their exceptional accomplishments,” said Lt. Col. Dennis Faulkner, professor of military science “Cadets, family of cadets, alumni, university administration. We invite anybody that has any association with the ROTC program.”

The guest speaker for the ball is Col. Matthew Rauscher, who graduated from IUP in 1995 with a safety science and ergonomic engineering degree.

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(Delsea Army JROTC) Col. Matthew Rauscher, a 1995 IUP graduate, will attend the ROTC program’s dining-out Friday.

Brigade commander and responsible for 42 ROTC programs across the Northeast U.S. Other notable attendees will include IUP Associate Vice President of Academic Administration Dr.

John N. Kilmarx, Ohio State Senasignment in Fort Riley, Kan. nervous about the ASUs (Army tor Elder Vogel Jr., Col. Retired This is not McChesney’s first Service Uniform, military dress uniMichael Zang, an IUP alumnus, dining-out, and this year, he is form). It is very formal, and I don’t and Col. Retired Ernest Erlandson. helping to plan it. want to mess anything up.”

The military presence at the “I’ll be glad when the setting She is participating in one of affair offers all the cadets an up is over, but I’m looking forward the traditional events of the eveopportunity to speak to those to the actual event itself,” he said. ning called the grog, a drink with with experience in their own a mixture of ingredients, projected career path. each one with symbolism.

IT IS A GOOD EVENT TO Along with spending time She will be adding juice. with friends, that is one of the Dalton comes from a milBUILD CAMARADERIE, things to which Cadet Logan itary family. Her brother is in ESPIRIT DE CORPS McChesney (senior, regional the army and her grandfaWHILE CELEBRATING planning /environmental) is ther and great uncle have looking forward at the event. also served. As a nurse, she THE HISTORY OF THE “I get to mingle with prior will be an active duty Army MILITARY. service military members – Officer, about which she people that can give me said she is excited. −LOGAN MCCHESNEY guidance,” McChesney said.

“This is the right thing for (SENIOR, REGIONAL PLANNING/ENVIRONMENTAL) “It is a good event to build me,” Dalton said. camaraderie, esprit de corps The evening will offiwhile celebrating the history of This will be the first time Brady cially begin with the Posting of the the military.”

Dalton (freshman, nursing) will atColors. Four cadets will march into McChesney earned a scholartend a dining-out. This is her first the main room with the American ship into the ROTC program, semester with the ROTC program. flag, as well as the ROTC unit which comes with an active duty “I’m excited to see the tradiColors. contract. After graduation, he tions, the officers, get to talk to “That is the signal to start the will attend Basic Officers Leaders everyone and see them dress up, event,” Faulkner said, “as well as Course in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., but I’m also nervous,” Dalton said. end the event after removing the then proceed to his first duty as“It is my first one. So I’m Colors.”

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Tears, laughter in remembering Barbara Bush

By MOLLY HENNESSY-FISKE Los Angeles Times TNS

Barbara Pierce Bush was remembered Saturday for the strength of character and wit that made her one of the most popular first ladies in U.S. history, as she was laid to rest by the political clan she built, including the husband and son she helped reach the presidency.

“She was our teacher and role model on how to live a life with purpose and meaning,” son and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said in an emotional eulogy, recalling his mother’s final days. “She was beautiful until the day she died.”

Saturday’s packed service at the family church in Houston also featured eulogies by two others Barbara Bush had handpicked: her longtime friend Susan Baker, wife of former Secretary of State James A. Baker; and historian Jon Meacham, who wrote a 2015 biography of her husband, President George H.W. Bush.

Meacham noted that Bush is the second woman in U.S. history to have been the wife of one president and the mother of another, George W. Bush.

The only other woman to have played that role was Abigail Adams, whose husband, John, was the second president, and her son John Quincy Adams was the sixth.

Baker recalled how Bush offered support and guidance during her early days in Washington, and lived by example.

“The most important yardstick of your success will be how you treat people,” Bush told her, not just family and friends, “but strangers you meet along the way.”

George H.W. Bush nodded as Baker spoke. He smiled at times at family stories, but also grew tearful. Daughter Dorothy “Doro” Bush Koch sat at his side, rubbing his back.

The service also featured emotional readings by Koch and Bush’s grandchildren, or “the grands,” as she called them, including Jenna Bush Hager and her twin, Bush’s namesake. Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush and Bush’s other grandsons served as pallbearers.

Nancy Sosa, mother-in-law of Bush’s granddaughter Ellie Sosa, arrived for the service from Newport Beach, Calif., on Saturday.

(TNS) The hearse carrying former First Lady Barbara Bush passed through members of the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets on Saturday, as it neared her husband’s presidential library at the university in College Station, Texas.

She came wearing a pearl choker in honor of Bush, who became her friend during summers in Maine.

“When she spoke, people listened,” Sosa recalled, yet, “she didn’t want to worry much about her looks.”

The last time she met Bush for lunch last year, they talked about the possibility of a great-grandchild and how difficult it can be to choose a first name.

“It is not,” Bush quipped.

“Barbara Sosa is a perfectly good name.”

Sosa laughed at the memory.

“She was feisty, with a great sense of humor ... one of a kind,” said friend Susan Biddle, also in pearls, before the pair boarded a shuttle bus from the parking lot to the church.

About 1,500 guests attended the invitation-only service at the family’s longtime church, St. Martin’s Episcopal, a lofty Gothic landmark lined with massive stained glass windows in Houston’s tony Galleria area.

President Donald Trump did not attend the funeral but tweeted from Florida on Saturday that he was “Heading to the Southern White House to watch the Funeral Service of Barbara Bush. First Lady Melania has arrived in Houston to pay our respects. Will be a beautiful day!

“My thoughts and prayers are with the entire Bush family.

In memory of First Lady Barbara Bush, there is a remembrance display located at her portrait in the Center Hall of the @WhiteHouse,” Trump added.

Melania Trump also released a statement after the service.

“Today the world paid tribute to a woman of indisputable character and grace,” she said. “It was my honor to travel to Houston to give my respects to Barbara Bush and the remarkable life she led as a mother, wife, and fearless First Lady. My sincerest thoughts and prayers continue to be with George H.W., and the entire Bush family.”

Also in attendance were former President Bill Clinton, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and their daughter, Chelsea; former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama; members of Congress and a host of relatives of former presidents including Lyndon B. Johnson, John F. Kennedy and Richard M. Nixon.

While those with security details proceeded directly to St. Martin’s, Bush might have appreciated that the rest – including former Cabinet members, ambassadors, CEOs, sports stars and socialites – were directed to board a fleet of Houston city buses that served as shuttles to the service.

Among those taking the bus were Bush’s nephew and former “Today Show” reporter Billy Bush; former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords of Arizona and her husband, retired astronaut Mark Kelly; former U.S. Solicitor Gen. Kenneth Starr; longtime GOP strategist Karl Rove; tennis star Chris Evert; golfer Phil Mickelson and actor Chuck Norris.

In another Bush-style no-nonsense twist, the A-list celebrities

and Beltway power brokers found themselves seated on the bus beside rank-and-file members of the Bush staff, including longtime housekeeper Alicia Huizar.

Huizar, 75, worked for the Bushes for 20 years in Houston, and her mother worked for them for 50, she said.

Huizar traveled with the couple, and although she speaks mostly Spanish, she said Bush understood.

“She was a beautiful person,”

Huizar said.

So many members of former administrations returned for the service, it felt like “old home week,” said J. Steven Rhodes, former ambassador to Zimbabwe, who served as a domestic policy adviser to President George H.W. Bush.

Rhodes, who traveled from Los Angeles for the service, recalled how the Bushes once prank-called him from the White House at 5:30 a.m.: “Where are you? We’re waiting on you,” Barbara Bush said, then passed the phone to her husband, who let him in on the joke before asking for advice on a speech.

“They treated staff like family,” Rhodes said.

Rove said that he met with George W. Bush in recent days and that the former president has received “great comfort.”

“It says a lot that this is a celebration,” Rove said of the service.

“This is a family of great faith.”

Barbara Bush, 92, who suffered from heart and respiratory problems, died Tuesday after deciding not to seek further treatment following a series of hospitalizations.

Her funeral featured tight security, including Secret Service checkpoints because of the starstudded guest list.

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Johns Hopkins performs world’s first penile transplant

By ANDREA K. MCDANIELS The Baltimore Sun TNS

(TNS) After an invitation-only funeral in Houston, Barbara Bush, who died Tuesday, was buried at a gated plot near the library as 700 members of the Corps of Cadets lined the Barbara Bush Drive leading up to the library at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.

Family mourns with passing of Barbara Bush Continued from page 4. volunteering after her second But the day before, the public child, a girl nicknamed Robin, died was welcomed at the church to of leukemia in 1953 at age 3, and pay their respects. focusing on literacy as first lady.

As 6,200 mourners filed by “It’s a national effort that she inBush’s silver casket – including spired. She touched many people women wearing her favorite color, worldwide,” Denekas said. blue, and her trademark fake As first lady from 1989 to 1993, pearls – they got a surprise.

Bush’s popularity often rivaled her Her husband, now 93, arrived in husband’s. a wheelchair to greet them after That stemmed at least in part seeing video of the crowds. from her self-deprecating humor, The couple had been married embodied by her three-strand for 73 years and were a popular choker of unapologetically fake sight around Houston, energizpearls. ing survivors of Hurricane Harvey While her prematurely white and fellow fans at Astros baseball hair earned her a family nickname, games during last year’s champi“the Silver Fox,” it also inspired onship season (one CEO seated many to view her as “America’s nearby grandmother.” noticed Bush After the keeping service, Bush’s score). family followed While the pallbearers Bush made out, with George Houston her W. Bush pushadopted ing his father hometown, in a wheelchair, she was a former first lady Northeastern Laura Bush at his blue blood side, stopping to by birth, and shake mourners’ −KARL ROVE, her funeral hands.

LONGTIME GOP STRATEGIST service was Then the presided over family led a moby ministers torcade about from Houston and Kennebunka hundred miles northwest to Colport, Maine, where the couple lege Station, home of Texas A&M hosted family during the summer University and George H.W. Bush’s at a sprawling compound. presidential library.

Craig Denekas traveled to There, the former first lady was Saturday’s funeral from Portland, driven down George Bush Drive, Maine, where he had worked then Barbara Bush Drive before ulwith Bush’s family foundation on timately being laid to rest, near a literacy. brook surrounded by trees, beside Bush championed the cause, her late daughter.

The Johns Hopkins reconstructive surgery team performed the world’s first transplant of a penis and scrotum on a wounded soldier.

“It is our hope that such a life-changing transplant will allow him to regain urinary and sexual function and lead a normal life,” said Dr. Richard Redett, an associate professor of plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

Redett was part of a team of team of nine plastic surgeons and two urological surgeons who transplanted a deceased donor’s entire penis, scrotum and partial abdominal wall over the course of 14 hours on March 26.

Some soldiers who lose lower limbs from mines and improvised explosive devices also experience loss of or damage to their genitals.

The recipient chooses to remain anonymous but sustained his injuries while serving in Afghanistan.

He has recovered from the surgery and could be discharged from the hospital this week but remains on drugs to prevent

(TNS) From left, Dr. Gerald Brandacher, Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, Dr. Richard Redett, Assistant Professor of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Carisa Cooney and Dr. Damon Cooney following the world’s first transplant of a penis and scrotum on a wounded soldier March 26.

rejection of the transplant.

“It’s a real mind-boggling injury to suffer, it is not an easy one to accept,” the soldier said in statement released by Johns Hopkins. “When I first woke up, I felt finally more normal ... (with) a level of confidence as well.

Confidence ... like finally I’m okay now.”

The surgery is the latest breakthrough for the Hopkins reconstructive team.

In 2013, the team performed a double arm transplant on Brendan Marrocco, who lost both of his arms, as well as his legs, in the Iraq war when the armored vehicle he was driving ran over a bomb in 2009. He was the first soldier of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars to lose all four limbs in

combat and survive.

The penile transplant should allow the soldier to eventually regain sexual function, said Dr. W.P. Andrew Lee, a professor and director of plastic and reconstructive surgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine.

While a penis can be reconstructed using other tissue from the body, only a transplanted penis could achieve an erection, Lee said.

Wounded servicemen also often don’t have enough good tissue to work with.

The surgery is formally known as a vascularized composite allotransplantation. It involves transplanting skin, muscles and tendons, nerves, bone and blood vessels.

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Senate panel set to approve Mike Pompeo as secretary of state

By TRACY WILKINSON Tribune Washington Bureau TNS

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee was poised to approve CIA Director Mike Pompeo as secretary of state after a Republican holdout changed his mind at the last minute, avoiding an embarrassing defeat for the White House.

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky had vowed to oppose Pompeo, but Paul tweeted shortly before the vote was scheduled Monday that after speaking to both men, he was convinced that Pompeo now agreed with President Donald Trump that “the Iraq War was a mistake and it is time to leave Afghanistan.”

The full Senate already was on track to confirm Pompeo’s nomination this week after two Senate Democrats, both facing re-election battles in states that Trump won handily, signaled support earlier Monday. The Senate traditionally gives broad leeway to a president’s Cabinet picks.

But Paul’s reversal means Pompeo also will get the approval of the Senate committee, thus keeping its record of approving every

(TNS) Code Pink activists held placards April 12 to protest the nomination of Mike Pompeo, President Donald Trump’s pick to replace former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing in Washington, D.C.

president’s nominee for secretary of state. Nominations were not routinely submitted to the panel until the 20th century.

Republican lawmakers blamed Pompeo’s difficulties on political partisanship in an election year, noting that many of the Democrats who oppose him now backed his nomination last year to head the CIA. He was confirmed by a vote of 66 to 32.

Trump excoriated Pompeo’s opponents early Monday on Twitter as “Obstructionists,” claiming

that Democrats “will not approve hundreds of good people” by “maxing out” the confirmation process.

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders went further, questioning the patriotism of Democrats.

“Look, at some point, Democrats have to decide whether they love this country more than they hate this president,” she said on Fox News. “And they have to decide that they want to put the safety and the security and the

diplomacy of our country ahead of their own political games.”

Democrats had argued that the job of America’s top diplomat – fourth in line to the presidency – is vastly different from CIA chief.

They voiced concern that Pompeo would advocate for military force, not diplomacy, and would fail to serve as a counterbalance to Trump.

Pompeo graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and Harvard Law School.

Now 54, he was elected to the House in 2010 as a tea party Republican from Kansas and served until he went to the CIA. Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey, the ranking Democrat on the Foreign Relations Committee, said last week that he feared Pompeo would be a “yes man” to Trump’s “worst instincts.”

“I believe our nation’s top diplomat must be forthright, and, more critically, (Pompeo’s) past sentiments do not reflect our nation’s values,” Menendez said in announcing his no vote. “The American people deserve better.”

Democrats and other opponents have criticized some of Pompeo’s past statements as antiMuslim and prejudiced against gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people. Pompeo told the Senate committee last week that if he is confirmed, he would defend gay rights and respect minorities.

Menendez also said he was disillusioned that Pompeo had concealed, in private conversations, his then-secret trip to North Korea over the Easter weekend.

Pompeo met with ruler Kim Jong Un to help plan a proposed summit with Trump by mid-June.

The White House hopes to persuade Kim to abandon his nuclear arsenal, an unlikely proposition. It was Kim’s first meeting with a U.S. official.

Despite the Democratic opposition on the Foreign Relations Committee, others Senate Democrats lined up in his corner, all but assuring his confirmation.

On Monday, Sen. Joe Manchin III, D-W.Va., and Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., joined Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D., to announce support for Pompeo. Their votes should be enough to guarantee he squeaks through the narrowly divided Senate.

“After meeting with Mike Pompeo, discussing his foreign policy perspectives, & considering his distinguished time as CIA Director & his exemplary career in public service, I will vote to confirm Mike Pompeo to be our next Secretary of State,” Manchin tweeted.

Their announcements also may push other moderate Democrats in Trump-friendly states to show they are willing to sometimes support the president. Pompeo’s backers are hoping to also win over Sens. Doug Jones of Alabama and Claire McCaskill of Missouri.

Like Trump, Pompeo has voiced vehement opposition to the landmark 2015 deal that curbed Iran’s nuclear development efforts.

Trump has threatened to abandon the accord on May 12, when the next deadline for sanctions renewal comes up. In his confirmation hearing, Pompeo said he would rather “fix” the deal by revising its terms than scrap it altogether.

Iran has rejected any attempts to rewrite the deal, and over the weekend, its foreign minister said the country might resume its nuclear activities if Trump pulls out.

In nominating Pompeo, Trump said the two men were “on the same wavelength” and shared a worldview – unlike his first secretary of state, Rex Tillerson.

Trump fired Tillerson last month via Twitter.

Tillerson, a former CEO of Exxon Mobil, trimmed the State Department budget and staff during his tenure, demoralizing the diplomatic corps. Numerous senior positions remain empty.

In his confirmation hearing, Pompeo vowed to rebuild staffing and morale.

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Try to unplug – the results may surprise you

Not to be Captain Obvious, but social media can be exhausting. While platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat and Instagram have their perks, they can be easily abused, not to mention addictive.

If you’re like most people, you probably keep your phone right next to your pillow when you sleep, perhaps using it as your alarm and then check your notifications first thing in the morning. You might scroll through Twitter and Facebook aimlessly for several minutes when you’re waiting in line for food or sitting in traffic.

Things are happening around you – people are having conversations, others are walking or driving from place to place – but you may not even notice.

If you’re on Twitter, there’s a good chance you’ve seen recent tweets from rapper Kanye West. West, after taking a semi-long social media hiatus, returned last week to fire off a series of tweets touching on an array of topics. He mentioned release dates for

(Flickr) Social media can be a tool or disadvantage, depending on how often you use it.

his two upcoming albums – one with fellow rapper Kid Cudi – as well as his plans to produce rapper Nas’ next album. But West also offered some general life advice.

“When you first wake up don’t hop

right on the phone or the internet or even speak to anyone for even up to an hour if possible,” West tweeted Wednesday. “Just be still and enjoy your own imagination. It’s better than any movie.”

Another tweet later Wednesday said, “Be here now. Be in the moment.

“The now is the greatest moment of our lives and it just keeps getting better. The bad parts the boring parts the parts with high anxiety. Embrace every moment for its greatness. This is life. This is the greatest movie we will ever see.”

West has done some questionable things in his career and certainly has his fair share of skeptics, but he has a point here. Fellow entertainment personalities such as Donald Glover and Aziz Ansari have abandoned social media recently, too, and they seem content.

“What happens is, eventually, you forget about it,” Ansari said of social media in an August 2017 article in GQ.

“You don’t care anymore … It’s better to just sit and be in your own head for a minute.

“So if you take yourself out of it, you’re not infected with this toxicity all the time,” he said later in the article.

“I’m not out of the loop on anything. Like, if something real is going down, I’ll find out about it.”

In the current political climate, it’s easy to become addicted to the sensational news we see on Facebook and Twitter. But, when we take a step back and put it in perspective, how much of it, if any, do we really need to know? Reading a newspaper or book outside while getting some fresh air could provide a nice alternative.

With summer on the horizon, it’s time to put the phone away for a bit.

While you’re scrolling Twitter, life is happening around you.

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Recent cold spell affected students’ spring semester

(James Neuhausel/ The Penn) Indiana experienced weather in the 60s over the weekend, after enduring snow and cold weather for several weeks late this spring semester.

By VICTORIA CASSELL Staff Writer V.V.Cassell@iup.edu

Have you been experiencing sadness, mood swings, fatigue or a lack of motivation this semester?

This could be due to seasonal affective disorder, also known as SAD. In cold climates like Alaska and Siberia, many people face sadness and a lack of motivation.

The recent cold weather in Indiana has even affected IUP students’ morale, studies, social lives and physical well being. This year, it looks like Indiana might just skip spring completely before jumping into summer.

Mary Kusluch (junior, early childhood education) said the cold makes her anti-social.

“I would say that the snow and cold makes me not social because I don’t want to leave my house,” Kusluch said. “So unless they’re coming over, I’m anti-social. Like, I don’t want to go out.”

Mohamed Kakay (junior, sports administration) agreed that cold

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weather makes it difficult to get out of the house.

“It’s hard to feel motivated, with outside being ugly,” Kakay said.

“Makes it harder to get around, go to classes, the library, gym or anywhere else that one might be interested in going.”

With the snow, harsh winds and constant rain, it’s obvious why students are picking their beds over their classwork and lectures.

Baqer Haider Alawami (junior, respiratory care) said, “Sometimes it is hard to wake up in the morning, but if the person tries to sleep early enough, this will tackle that issue.”

Alawami said he believes part of going to IUP is learning to adapt to the weather. He said it is a good challenge to prove how much pressure a person can take.

One thing with which IUP students agreed was that the weather affected their physical well being and ability to go outside. Kevin Byars (sophomore, communications media) said he has not been able to “skate and break a

sweat” like he should, due to the “gloomy weather.”

“This adverse weather has been affecting me physically,” Byars said. “I can’t get out and engage in physical activity, which then bums me out mentally because I feel like I’m being lazy.”

Jessica Lenze (junior, art) said she also feels like she can’t be as physically active as she should.

“I don’t walk the dogs like I should,” Lenze said. “I want to, and I should, but I don’t because it’s cold outside. So that’s depressing.”

The cold is doing more than just affecting our moods and activities; it’s also affecting our bodies.

Some people may experience severe dry skin, dehydration and brittle hair. For Lenze, the cold is not only affecting her activities but her body.

“It’s a little depressing when it’s cold because I have cold hands all the time,” Lenze said.

Let’s hope that Mother Nature reads this article and finally decides to give us more sunshine in May.

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DJ and music producer Avicii found dead at 28

By NICOLE BITETTE New York Daily News TNS

DJ and music producer Avicii, whose popular EDM tracks became the soundtrack for clubs and college parties across the globe, was found dead on Friday. He was 28.

“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the loss of Tim Bergling, also known as Avicii,” his rep said in a statement Friday.

“He was found dead in Muscat, Oman this Friday afternoon local time, April 20th. The family is devastated and we ask everyone to please respect their need for privacy in this difficult time.”

Bergling, who was working as one of the biggest touring DJs in the world, retired from performing in 2016, citing health reasons.

He was one of the biggest artists behind the breakout of the EDM genre and allowed countless up-and-coming DJs to pursue the art and attempt to follow in his footsteps.

“EDM started getting oversaturated four, five, six years ago, when money became everything,” he told Rolling Stone in 2017. “From that point, I started

(Facebook) DJ and music producer Avicii passed away on Friday.

mentally not wanting to associate myself with EDM.” He reportedly suffered from acute pancreatitis partly from excessive drinking. In a documentary about his life released in September 2017, it appeared that the around-the-world touring was distressing for the DJ, rather than fun.

“I needed to figure out my life,” he told Rolling Stone in 2017 while discussing the doc.

“The whole thing was about success for the sake of success.

I wasn’t getting any happiness anymore,” he continued.

The Swedish DJ was one of the most recognizable names in the game, and one of the most “om-

nipotent electronic dance producers the genre has ever seen,” Billboard reported in 2016 when he announced his retirement.

A cause of death was not revealed and his rep said that no further statements will be given.

The artist was perhaps best known for his 2013 hits “Wake Me Up” and “Levels.” “Wake Me Up” received countless awards including the Billboard Music Award for Top Dance/Electronic Song and the iHeartRadio Music Award for Dance Song of the Year, among others. In 2014, “Wake Me Up” was the most Shazamed track ever with more than 19 million queries, meaning listeners were begging to know about the artist behind

the forever dance-worthy tune.

Avicii made Etta James’ classic “Something’s Got a Hold on Me” vocals even more memorable by looping them in on the club banger, “Levels.”

The Stockholm native was nominated for two Grammys for Best Dance Recording for “Sunshine” in 2012 and “Levels” in 2013. The year that both those tracks were released, Avicii was named the sixth-highest paid DJ by Forbes, estimated to be raking in $20 million. He was the youngest DJ on the list at just 23.

Just a few days ago, Avicii was thankful after the Billboard Music Awards announced he was up for Top Dance/Electronic album for AVICI (01).

“Thanks for the nomination! (prayer hands emoji),” Avicii wrote in his last post to Twitter.

Fellow musicians quickly reacted to the news of the DJ’s passing, noting he had “so much more to do.”

“I was just told my dear friend Tim @Avicii just passed away.

Please let this be a hoax. If not #RIPAVICII one of the best natural melody ...” Nile Rodgers tweeted.

Fellow DJ Calvin Harris also quickly took to Twitter to comment on the passing.

“Devastating news about Avicii,” he wrote. “A beautiful soul, passionate and extremely talented with so much more to do. My heart goes out to his family. God bless you Tim x” DJ Snake called the influential producer “a legend.”

Newcomer Dua Lipa said the artist was “too young” to be gone.

“Such sad news to hear about Avicii passing,” she wrote. “Too young and way too soon. My condolences go out to his family, friends and fans x.”

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Only four remain in IUP’s Favorite Bite

By SETH WOOLCOCK Culture Editor S.M.Woolcock@iup.edu

This article contains opinion.

The Penn officially released the bracket for the “IUP’s Favorite Bite” tournament three weeks ago, to find out what truly is IUP’s favorite local restaurant.

The matchups got started on Twitter soon after the release.

The remaining restaurants won their mathchups, winning their respective divison titles and creating the Final Four Foods.

But the title for IUP’s Favorite Bite is still up for grabs, and now

with all powerhouses left, anything could happen.

Romeo’s Pizza defeated Venice Café and Pizzeria, 69 to 31 percent, in the Elite Eight matchup.

Romeo’s, which opened in 1989 and is located at 1112 Oakland Ave., has a stong social media presence and has become a favorite among students.

Now, after officially winning the title of IUP’s Favorite Pizza, Romeo’s will face Steel City Samiches in the Final Four.

Steel City Samiches won in an overtime thriller against fellow Indiana bar Brunzies, 51 to 49 percent, to capture the title of IUP’s

Favorite Bar Food.

Steel City Samiches came into the tournament as a strong favorite to win it all. With its humongous Pittsburgh-style sandwiches, Half Priced Night, Wing Night and a friendly neighborhoodstyle bar atmosphere, it firmly established itself as a hot spot for students to grab a good meal for a fair price.

After Romeo’s dominated during its run through the tournament, Steel City will have the odds stacked against it as it bids for a chance to compete for the championship.

9th Street Deli should like its

chances to compete for the title after its dominating 82 to 12 percent victory over Subs N Suds in the Elite Eight.

9th Street’s fans rallied around the local deli on Twitter, including IUP temporary English professor, Rodney “Rod” Taylor.

“9th Street Deli wins in a shutout,” Taylor wrote in response to The Penn’s April 13 Twitter poll.

9th Street Deli overwhelmingly defeated all other sub shops in Indiana, but winning the title will be no cake walk as it faces Tres Amigos in the Final Four.

Tres Amigos has shown no mercy during its run to become

IUP’s Favorite International Food.

Tres defeated China King in the International Championship, 76 to 24 percent.

It had previosly defeated Thai at Indiana and UMI Hibachi, by capturing more than 83 percent of the votes in each of its matchups.

With four great individual restaurants left, the real winner here is the IUP community.

Students already having a large array of options for eating out can now see how much their business matters to these local venues.

As the tournament continues, remember to cast your vote.

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Minnesota songwriting vet Caitlyn Smith is firing up Nashville

(Facebook) Caitlyn Smith worked for 18 years in Nashville as a songwriter-for-hire before working on her own music career.

By CHRIS RIEMENSCHNEIDER Star Tribune (Minneapolis) TNS

As people tend to do on the last day of the South by Southwest Music Conference, Caitlyn Smith was breathing easy.

She had already played four gigs in the five-day festival, with one more noontime set to go.

She’d be home in Nashville to see her 1-year-old son that night. And for once, she didn’t have to worry if she would leave SXSW with any kind of career buzz.

That’s because Smith, 31, had already earned rave write-ups from Rolling Stone and the New York Times and landed on “The Tonight Show” in the weeks leading up to the buzz-centric Texas music fest.

“Coming to SXSW is a way to emphasize that we don’t want to just be put into the Nashville box,” Smith said as she kicked back in a lounge area outside Austin’s famed Waterloo Records store, where she performed in the parking lot last month.

The Cannon Falls, Minn., native

has been entrenched in the Tennessee capital for eight years, primarily as a songwriter-for-hire. Her writing credits appear on albums

by Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Jason Aldean, Meghan Trainor and many others. She even co-wrote a No. 1 pop hit, “Like I’m Gonna Lose You,” which Trainor recorded as a duet with John Legend.

Newly heralded as “the voice everyone in Nashville is talking about” by Southern Living magazine, Smith is now breaking out under her own name. She and her guitarist husband Rollie Gaalswyk – also a Nashville workhorse and Minnesota native – will spend at least the next six months on the road, either headlining large clubs or opening for Tim McGraw and Faith Hill or Sheryl Crow.

“We’re turning into quite a little gypsy family,” beamed Smith, who also usually takes their toddler, Tom, on the road.

Smith’s widely acclaimed new album for the legendary Nashville label Monument Records, “Starfire,” offers a genre-blurring blend of rootsy country, soulful

pop and straight-up rock. Her tunes are as likely to get played locally on country station K102 as adult-pop outlet Cities 97.

So far, though, 89.3 the Current is the one station to give “Starfire” a lot of spins, leading to a soldout Turf Club show in January.

Even that modest amount of local support means a lot to Smith, who included a love letter to the Twin Cities on her new album (the twangy rock tune “St. Paul”), and who returns to Cannon Falls’ high school auditorium Friday for a concert benefiting a local senior center (a gig for her grandma).

“Especially since Rollie is also from there and all our family is there, Minnesota still really feels like home,” Smith said. “But clearly, Nashville is where I need to be right now for my career.”

One of the standout tracks on “Starfire,” the all-acoustic ballad “This Town Is Killing Me,” recounts the couple’s years of eking out a living and being repeatedly turned down

by Music Row machinery: “I gave you my soul because I wanted it so bad / And now I just want to go home,” she sings over a dramatic string arrangement.

Of course, Smith has few complaints now.

“I don’t feel at odds with Nashville at the moment,” she happily conceded. “But I still love singing that song because I still remember every detail in that song, and I carry those moments with me.”

Songwriters-turned-stars like Smith are something of a hot commodity in Nashville now.

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“Songwriting was a way to find a home in Nashville and make some money to tide us over,” Smith said. “For me, though, I really started to miss the stage and singing my own songs.

“Everybody has their own path, but I think people like Chris and Maren always wanted to be an artist, same as me.”

She conceded that she was “even ready to give up on the whole record-label dream and release records independently.”

It wasn’t until she self-released an

EP in 2016 – using some of that Trainor song money – that she was approached by Monument, whose historic roster includes Parton, Roy Orbison and the Dixie Chicks.

The songs on that EP would go on to make up about half of “Starfire.” Monument let Smith finish off the other half as she saw fit.

“I just went in and made this record my way and didn’t think about what a label would want; I just wanted to make what I think is good music,” she recounted.

“When you think about classic Monument artists like Dolly and Roy Orbison, they’re really genre-less, and that’s what I aspired to be.”

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P Sports Editor: Sean Fritz – S.D.Fritz@iup.edu Lead Sports Writer: Jarrod Browne – J.W.Browne@iup.edu

(IUP Athletics) The IUP softball team honored its seniors during Saturday’s doubleheader with Lock Haven University. Bryanna Lonick (management), left, Amanda Parrish (accounting), center, and Alaina Montgomery (information systems), right, were the three seniors celebrated between the pair of games.

(IUP Athletics) Kaitlyn Beers (sophomore, criminology) was 6-for-13 with three runs driven in during the four-game set over the weekend. Beers has been one of the team’s top hitters this season with a batting average of .356 and 19 RBIs.

IUP softball splits four-game weekend series

By JARROD BROWNE Lead Sports Writer

J.W.Browne@iup.edu

The IUP softball team went 2-2, splitting a pair of doubleheaders over the weekend.

The Crimson Hawks opened things up Friday by sweeping Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) opponent Mansfield University.

IUP began Game 1 by sending Lauren Zola (junior, hospitality management) to the circle.

Zola pitched a complete game while allowing one earned run.

Offensively, the Crimson Hawks had a strong output, finishing with 12 hits for the game.

Kassie Kesneck (sophomore,

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English), Kaitlyn Beers (sophomore, criminology), Amanda Parrish (senior, accounting) and Megan Little (sophomore, art) led the way for the Crimson Hawks, as all four finished with two hits each.

Beers and Little finished with two RBIs, while Beers finished with one in the 9-1 victory.

In Game 2, the Crimson Hawks sent Megan Risinger (junior, nursing) to the circle. Risinger allowed three runs over 5.2 innings before being relieved by Brooklyn Kotula (freshman, accounting).

Kotula faced two batters, walking the first then striking out the second before Zola entered the game to close out the seventh inning.

At the plate, the Crimson Hawks had to make a comeback effort in

the fourth inning when they found themselves trailing, 3-1.

Little hit an RBI single to bring IUP within one run.

Alaina Laverick (sophomore, professional studies in education) hit a sacrifice fly to tie the game at 3.

IUP took the lead in the fifth inning, with Kesneck scoring on a wild pitch and Little hitting an RBI double to drive in Beers.

IUP kept Mansfield off the board for the rest of the game to secure the 5-3 victory.

“Getting two wins against Mansfield is definitely big for us,” Zola said. “Those wins brought us to 3-1 in the series with them, which is always a plus to win a majority of the games.”

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versity and celebrated Senior Day on Saturday. IUP honored seniors Parrish, Alaina Montgomery (information systems) and Bryanna Lonick (management).

In Game 1, IUP sent Zola to the circle, who pitched a complete game with two strikeouts while allowing two earned runs.

Lock Haven managed to score four unearned runs on Zola, after a series of errors led to a commanding 6-0 lead for the Bald Eagles heading into the bottom of the fourth inning.

IUP was quiet offensively, except for the bottom half of the fourth inning when IUP scored three runs to cut the deficit in half.

Two of the runs came from a two-out double by Little.

IUP remained scoreless for the

rest of the game, falling to Lock Haven, 6-3.

In Game 2, IUP sent Risinger to the circle, where she pitched 6.1 innings while allowing six earned runs. Risinger was relieved in the seventh inning by Kotola, who finished the game allowing no runs.

IUP was held to just four hits and one run as it fell by a final score of 6-1.

Lonick drove in the lone run for the Crimson Hawks in the sixth inning as Lock Haven swept the doubleheader.

“It’s always a close game when we play Lock Haven,” Zola said.

“It’s definitely a matter of who does more of the little things.”

IUP’s record moved to 14-12 overall and 8-6 in conference play, as the season moves forward.

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Crimson Hawks swept by Slippery Rock, still have chance to earn playoff berth

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(IUP Athletics) IUP holds a conference record of 7-13 heading into an important stretch of the season.

By ELLIOT HICKS Staff Writer

E.Hicks@iup.edu

Following the four-game sweep of Clarion University, Slippery Rock University swept the IUP baseball team in four games over the weekend.

Saturday’s games were played at Owen Dougherty Field in Indiana, but the home-field advantage couldn’t help the Crimson Hawks.

Slippery Rock jumped ahead early in both games and scored often.

Slippery Rock scored five runs in the second inning of Game 1 on its way to a 7-3 victory over the Crimson Hawks. IUP’s offense was unable to score until the sixth inning.

Game 2 was similar, as a firstinning grand slam set the tone for Slippery Rock’s 13-4 victory over IUP. Ted DeSanti (senior, criminology) had two hits and two RBI’s in each game, continuing his hotstreak at the plate from the Clarion series.

“It’s always nice to be feeling comfortable in the box, squaring up balls and getting hits,” DeSanti said.

The games in Sunday’s doubleheader at Slippery Rock were much closer. Slippery Rock’s 2-0 victory spoiled a solid performance by Jeff Allen (junior, criminology) on the mound.

Allen gave up only two earned

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runs on three hits, accruing six strikeouts in six innings pitched.

Game 4 provided more offense from both teams in an extra-inning thriller in which Slippery Rock reigned victorious, 6-5, to complete the series sweep.

IUP fell behind early, 3-0, but came back to take a 5-4 lead following a pinch-hit, two-run home run by Nate Dickey (senior, finance).

Slippery Rock tied the game at 5 in the bottom half of the inning, but Dickey kept The Rock from regaining the lead by throwing out a runner at home plate.

That was the last of the scoring until the eighth inning, when Slippery Rock’s Joe Campagna had the game-winning hit.

The sweep put the Crimson Hawks’ season record at 10-22 overall, with a 7-13 record in Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) play.

The postseason is still in reach for IUP beginning with a doubleheader Tuesday at Shippensburg University.

Following Tuesday’s pair of games, the Crimson Hawks have two important PSAC series games against Seton Hill University and California University of Pennsylvania for the next two weekends.

The Griffins and Vulcans, respectively, are the two teams directly above the Crimson Hawks in standings, and that is not lost on the team, including DeSanti. “[These series] determine if we make playoffs, and I am confident that all 35 of my brothers are going to fight [until] the final out,” DeSanti said.

(IUP Athletics) Ted DeSanti (senior, criminology) continued his hot streak over the weekend. DeSanti had two hits and drove in two runs in the team’s Game 2 loss to Slippery Rock University. DeSanti went 5-for-11 with four RBIs in the four games of the series.

(IUP Athletics) Nate Dickey (senior, finance) had two key contributions in Game 4 of the series with Slippery Rock University. First, Dickey had a pinch-hit, two-run home run to give the Crimson Hawks the lead. Later in the game, Dickey threw a runner out at home plate to keep IUP in the lead.

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(IUP Athletics) After winning the program’s first Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championship last season, the IUP tennis team defeated Mercyhurst University on Saturday to win its second straight conference title.

IUP wins second straight PSAC Championship

By JOHN FORAN Staff Writer

J.N.Foran@iup.edu

For the second time in two years and the second in the program’s history, the IUP tennis team returend from the PSAC Championships in Bloomsburg as Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) champions.

In the eighth consecutive year playing TENNIS in the title match, the Crimson Hawks shut out their regional rivals, Mercyhurst University, 5-0.

Mercyhurst’s only losses in its 22-2 record this season came from IUP. Earning a bye into the semifinals, the Crimson Hawks shut out West Chester University, 5-0, for an easy path to the finals, but the ultimate victory was not assured until the match was over.

“The atmosphere was

very tense the entire time,” Luise von Agris (senior, management) said. “You could feel that every single person from IUP and Mercyhurst came that day to take the title home.”

The pairing of Jarka Petercakova (senior, management) and von Agris won the top spot doubles match, 8-3.

Nicole Beidacki (freshman, kinesiology) and Katya Minchekova (sophomore, management) won the second doubles spot, 8-6, and Julia Newman (freshman, management) with Mariana Valenzuela (sophomore, biology) won, 8-2, for the third spot.

Beidacki won, 6-3, 6-4, at the fourth singles spot, which meant IUP needed only one more match victory to secure the championship once again.

Von Agris finished off Mercyhurst with her 6-4, 7-6 win, playing in the second singles spot.

“The moment I realized that I just won my match was amazing,” von Agris said. “I could not believe it … A victory like this feels even more special when you know you

earned it. And the feeling of taking home the championship trophy is just irreplaceable.”

Von Agris’ performance earned her IUP Athlete of the Week for the fourth time in the last five weeks. This is her fifth time earning the award.

Von Agris said she hopes to end her collegiate career by playing in the DII National Women’s Tennis Championships in May. “The girls on the team are such amazing people, and coach Peterson has taught me so much about tennis and about myself,” von Agris said. “Now I hope I can finish my college career with the appearance at the National Championships.”

The Crimson Hawks can now rest until the DII Atlantic Region Championships this weekend.

The NCAA will announce its 48-team DII Championship field Tuesday.

The 48 teams that make the NCAA Tournament will compete for an opportunity to win the National Championship May 8-11 in Surprise, Ariz.

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Crimson Hawks feature several standout athletes at weekend’s meets

By STEVEN LANGDON JR. Contributing Writer

S.E.Langdon@iup.edu

The Crimson Hawks competed in a trio of invitationals throughout the entirety of the week.

The first was the Slippery Rock University (SRU) Open on Thursday at Slippery Rock.

The team battled the windy conditions, with two notable results. Dylan Ruefle (redshirt junior, criminology) ran the 800-meter in 2 minutes, 3 seconds, which resulted in a fifth-place finish.

Liz Coppella (senior, kinesiology) finished sixth in the pole vault, clearing 3.61 meters.

Due to the conditions, the high jump was moved indoors for the invitational.

Next for the Crimson Hawks was the Jesse Owens Classic at Ohio State University on Friday and Saturday. Austin Cooper (senior, geography and regional plan-

(IUP Athletics) Jada Wilson (senior, hospitality management) ran the NCAA provisional time for the 400-meter hurdles on Day 1 of the Jesse Owens Invitational at Ohio State University on Saturday.

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Louther earned a personal best, 3:59, which was fast enough to qualify for the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships.

Cooper was back in the news Saturday, qualifying in the 800-meter with 1:53.

Justin Jones (sophomore, political science) also qualified in the 800-meter with 1:56.

Julius Rivera (redshirt senior, human development and interior design) added to his sensational season with a season-best 10.78 and a ninth-place finish in the 100-meter.

Jada Wilson (senior, hospitality management) was the highlight for the women’s team. Wilson ran the provisional National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 400-meter hurdles time.

Her time of 1:01 places her best in the PSAC and the third-fastest in the Atlantic Region.

Coppella also competed Saturday, clearing 3.52 and finishing 14th in the pole vault. Apart from Wilson and Coppella was Heather Sternby (senior, nursing), who managed to run a season-best 56.88 seconds in the 400-meter, finishing 12th.

The Crimson Hawks competed in the Battler Invitational in Phillipi, W.Va. IUP finished with three firstplace finishers on Sunday.

Charles Wilson-Adams (redshirt junior, communications media) cleared 2.05 meters in the high jump, which places him at thirdbest in the PSAC. Derek Noll (junior, criminology) won the 400-meter with a 49.18 mark. The final winner of the day was Donovan Burriss (redshirt senior, kinesiology), who also threw the shot put 14.13 meters.

Aaron Hoda (freshman, criminology) finished fifth in the 5,000-meter with a time of 16:39.

“With the bad weather,” Hoda said, “either way, I have to race. So I can’t let that affect the time that I get.”

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